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CTRI Number  CTRI/2023/05/052918 [Registered on: 19/05/2023] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 27/05/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Case Control Study 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   analysis of flow in kidney blood vessels to predict kidney injury earlier, in adult living donor liver transplant patients  
Scientific Title of Study   Renal Resistive index as a predictor of acute kidney injury in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation – a prospective observational study  
Trial Acronym   
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  DR KAVINANDAN G 
Designation  Fellow Liver anaesthesia and critical care  
Affiliation  Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre 
Address  Department of Liver Anaesthesia and Critical care, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre,No. 07, 3rd floor, CLC works road, Chromepet, Chennai
Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre,No. 07, CLC works road, Chromepet, Chennai-600044
Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600044
India 
Phone  9902770982  
Fax    
Email  kavinandangmk@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Dr Amal Francis Sam 
Designation  Consultant  
Affiliation  Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre 
Address  Department of Liver Anaesthesia and Critical care, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre,No. 07, 3rd floor, CLC works road, Chromepet, Chennai
Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre,No. 07, 3rd floor, CLC works road, Chromepet, Chennai
Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600044
India 
Phone  8968163281  
Fax    
Email  amalfsam@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Dr Amal Francis Sam 
Designation  Consultant  
Affiliation  Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre 
Address  Department of Liver Anaesthesia and Critical care, Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre,No. 07, 3rd floor, CLC works road, Chromepet, Chennai
Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre,No. 07, 3rd floor, CLC works road, Chromepet, Chennai
Chennai
TAMIL NADU
600044
India 
Phone  8968163281  
Fax    
Email  francisjoseph16@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Dr Rela Institute snd Medical Centre, Chennai 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre 
Address  No.07, CLC works road, Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 
Type of Sponsor  Private hospital/clinic 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Kavinandan G  Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre  Department Of Liver Anaesthesia and Critical care, No. 07, 3rd floor, CLC works road, Nagappanagar, Chromepet-600044
Chennai
TAMIL NADU 
9902770982

kavinandangmk@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Dr Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Institutional Ethical committee   Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: K769||Liver disease, unspecified, (2) ICD-10 Condition: O||Medical and Surgical,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  18.00 Year(s)
Age To  99.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. To assess whether RRI could predict acute kidney injury in the post-operative period in patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. To find the correlation between trough tacrolimus levels and RRI.
2. To find the association between urea, creatinine, estimated glomerular filtration rate and RRI.
3. To assess whether RRI could predict recovery from acute kidney injury.
4. To assess the changes in RRI and its association with patient outcomes – sepsis, mechanical ventilation, wound infection, length of ICU stay and hospital stay.
 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
increase in RRI will preceede the changes in creatinine and will help to predict AKI early  Pre operative day, POST OPERATIVE 01 TO POST OPERATIVE 05 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Association between RRI & Tacrolimus trough levels

Association of RRI with blood Urea,s.creat, eGFR
Whether could predict recovery from AKI
 
POST OPERATIVE day 01 to post OPERATIVE day 05 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="100"
Sample Size from India="100" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "78"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="78" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/06/2023 
Date of Study Completion (India) 30/01/2024 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) 30/01/2024 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="0"
Months="10"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)
Modification(s)  
Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Completed 
Publication Details   Not applicable 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary   This is a prospective observational study to find out the role of measuring renal resistive index in predicting acute kidney injuryin patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation surgeries. The renal resistive index (RRI) is a non-invasive ultrasonographic Doppler tool which measures blood flow velocity in intra-parenchymal renal arteries. Normal values are reported between 0.60 to 0.70 with the difference between both kidneys being mostly less than 5%.              Tacrolimus is one of the drugs used in immunosuppressive therapy of organ transplant recipients and its potency has been proven in treating early graft dysfunction, graft loss, acute rejection, new onset diabetes after transplant and hypertension.

Study population  includes those who are above 18years of age. Total sample size is 100. These patients RRI is measured pre operatively and follow up til POD 05 along with tacrolimus trough level, renal function biochemical parameters, eGFR, urine output etc. 

Our secondary objective is to find the association with tacrolimus trough levels,eGFR along with RRI in predicting AKI.
 
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